Education
1984-1986 M.F.A. design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1977-1981 B.I.D. Interior Design, Auburn University, School of Architecture, Auburn, AL.

1987 Banff Centre of Fine Art, Interchange Program, Alberta, Canada
1980 & 1984 University of Georgia, Visual Arts Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy.

Teaching Experience
1991-2006 Tenured Associate Professor. College of Architecture, Design and Construction. Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
1986-1991 Assistant Professor. College of Architecture, Design and Construction. Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Professional Experience
1996-2006 t o p o s. Design Studio. Designer, Consultant and Principal, Auburn, AL.
2005 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional
1984 Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum Architects. Designer, Washington D.C.
1983-1984 Deupi & Associates. Designer, Washington D.C.
1981-1983 Design Collaborative, Subsidiary of VVKR Architects Inc. Designer, Alexandria, VA.

Awards
2005-2006 Fellowship Grant in Design, Alabama State council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL Awarded $5,000
2003-2005 Gresham Professorship Award. Awarded to a faculty member who adds substantially to the quality and value of the
School in the areas of teaching, research/creative work, outreach, and service. Awarded $10,000.
Professorship was applied to Research of Sustainable Design Practice.
2003 College of Architecture, Design and Construction Seed Grant Award.
Grant Proposal; “Cuba: Reveries and Reconstitutions of Urban Space”. Awarded $4,850.
2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching. College of Architecture, Design and Construction. Auburn, AL.
1999 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. College of Architecture, Design and Construction. Auburn, AL.
1997 Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
1996 Award for Sustainable Furniture Design. International Design Resource Awards Competition. Seattle, WA.
1993-1994 Fellowship Grant in Design. Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL. Awarded $5,000.
1993 Sabbatical for Research. Architecture and Cultural Life of the Himalayas, Nepal.
1993 Outstanding Faculty Member. School of Architecture, Auburn University.
1992 Gold Award for Furniture Design. ID International Design, 38th Annual Design Competition.
1990 Outstanding Untenured Faculty Member. School of Architecture, Auburn University.
1987 Interchange Artist Scholarship. The Banff Centre of Fine Art, Alberta, Canada.

Publications
“Southeastern Juried Exhibition.” Catalogue. Mobile, AL. 2004.
Fuad-Luke, Alastair. Eco Design The Sourcebook. Chronicle Books, London, 2002.
Photographs of Nepal. David Oakey Design for Interface Inc. Ethnic Influence in Design. Educational CD. 2001.
“International Design Resource Awards.” Catalogue. Seattle, WA. 1996.
“A Journey of Life and Art: The Velo Table.” Design Alabama. Volume V. No. 1, 1994.
“Wooden Container.” ID International Design 38th Annual Design Review. July/August, 1992.
Aldersey-Williams, Hugh. Cranbrook Design: The New Discourse. Rizzoli International, N.Y., 1990.
“Text as Space.” Southeastern College Art Conference Review. Volume XI Number 4, 1989.
“Words.” 35th Arts Festival of Atlanta Catalogue. Atlanta, GA., 1988.

Invited Lectures
2006 “The Life and Design Works of Eva Zeisel.” Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Auburn, AL.
2005 “Cultural and Material Sustainability.” Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Auburn, AL.
2002 “Furniture Topographies.” Odyssey’s; ACSA Regional Conference. Atlanta, GA.
2001 “Furniture Topographies: School of Architecture Lecture Series. Auburn University, AL.
1996 “Cultural Life of Nepal.” Women’s Studies Program. Auburn University, AL.
1995 “Cultural Life of Nepal.” Campus Club. Auburn, AL.
1994 “Choreography of Stone: Architecture of the Himalayas.” School of Architecture. Auburn, AL.
1990 “Interior Design Education.” Construction Specification Institute Annual Meeting. Montgomery, AL.
1989 “Text as Space.” Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC). Panel Member. Winter Park, FL.
1986 “Poetic Assemblage.” Jova, Daniels, Busby Architects. Symposium Speaker. Atlanta, GA.

Exhibitions
2004 “Southeastern Juried Exhibition.” Photomontage. Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile, AL.
2004 “Transformations.” Photomontage Prints (25) of Cuba. Two person exhibition.
Jan Dempsey Art Center. Auburn, AL.
2003 “The Mediated Image.” Iris Print of Cuba. Crossman Art Gallery, Greenhill Center of the Arts,
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Whitewater, WI.
2002 “Giving Voice to Vision: Alabama Design.” Furniture Design. Alabama State Council on the Arts Gallery.
Montgomery, AL.
2002 “Juried Photography Exhibit.” Photograph Collage. Jan Dempsey Art Center. Auburn, AL.
1996 “International Design Resource Awards.” Sustainable Furniture Design and Interior Architecture.
State Trade and Convention Center Gallery. Seattle, WA.
1994 “Fellowship Award Recipients.” Furniture Design and Photomontage Drawings.
Alabama Artists’ Gallery. Montgomery, AL.
1991 “Women in Design Symposium Exhibition.” Drawing. College of Architecture Gallery. Auburn, AL.
1990 “24th Annual Art Guild Exhibition.” Photomontage Drawing. Montgomery, AL.
1989-1990 Permanent Exhibition. Photomontage Drawings. Gallery Point. Baltimore, MD.
1988 “Recent Work.” Solo Exhibition of Drawings and Furniture Works. Biggin Art Gallery. Auburn, AL.
1987 “Anasazi.” Solo Exhibition of Mixed Media Drawings. Behind the Glass Gallery. Auburn, AL.
1987 “Words.” Photomontage Drawings. Arts Festival of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA.
1987 “Interchange Exhibition.” Photomontage Drawings and Sculpture. The Banff Centre Gallery. Alberta, Canada.

Research
2006-2007 “Quilting Workshop Design and Fabrication.” Co-authored with Prof. Magdalena Garmaz
Direct the design and fabrication outreach studio and research the art of quilting in relation to architectural fabrication.
2005-2006 “Cultural and Material Sustainability.”
2004 “AU Sustainability Initiative Office Design.” Co-founder of the Auburn University Sustainability Initiative Office.
Directed the research and design-build of the office with architecture students on sustainable architecture and
material resources. Funded $10,000.
2003-2004 “Sustainable Task Force.” Research of sustainable practices and educational curriculum for Auburn University.
2003-2005 “Episodic Space of Borderland Architecture.” Mexico – US Border.
Research of the cultural and critical landscape of the Borderlands, places formed and defined by
socio-cultural practices and the perception of identity.
2003-2005 “Cuba: Reveries and Reconstitutions of Urban Space.” Cuba.
Research of the social, political, geographical and architectural space that confronts the dual nature of barrier and
threshold of restriction and promise with the intention of heightening cultural activism and awareness.
2003 “Photography and Printmaking.” Kala Institute workshop on digital technology and printmaking. Berkeley, CA.
2001-2003 “Sustainable Materials for Architecture.” Consultant with Architecture Works, Architecture Office. Birmingham. AL.
Research team member and charrette participant of sustainable materials for the Hilltop Montessori School project
schematic design.
1998-2002 “Furniture Topograph[ies].” Furniture design inspired by geography, place-making and sustainability.
1994-1995 “Nomadic Condition of Contemporary Society.” Research of pre-industrial and contemporary practices of
nomadic life in relation to sustainable architectural practice.
1993-1994 “Indigenous Peoples of the Himalayas.” Nepal.
1993 Earthwatch Institute Research Team member. “Fatalism and Development: Nepal’s Struggle for Modernization.”
Research with Dr. Bahadur Bista, Anthropologist. Nepal.